她父母知道了不得气出个好歹
“and if her parents find out, it'll worry them to death.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
要是她真的被拘留了
“If she really gets detained,”
她父母 知道了 不得 气出个好歹
“and if her parents find out, it'll worry them to death.”
还有
“And”
“Please don't detain her, or her parents might literally die of shock.”
In Chinese culture, a child bringing public disgrace such as arrest is thought to inflict acute, life-threatening psychological trauma on aging parents, making this a powerful appeal for leniency.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
surely will; inevitably would
Used in spoken Mandarin to strongly predict an adverse consequence.
fall seriously ill or suffer a stroke from intense anger
A set colloquial phrase referring to serious physical illness or danger caused by extreme emotional distress.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Neither you nor your mother are any good.”
“I felt I had to tell his parents.”
“What about your parents? What would they say?”
“your father and you happy if we get a divorce, right? Please don't be mad.”
“her parents and relatives have all died of old age.”
“If father and mother find out, you know what the consequences will be.”